geoff

Hello Rich, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'.
 
John

Only picture of this model I could find , lots of reading to do . 

Hello Rich
Welcome to the madhouse, (At least my corner of it).
 
What are the odds!!!!!!!!!! I have that same kit. While I have my doubts that it has much resemblance to the actual Cabot, no one can really tell what she looked like, it should be able to make up into a pretty nice model of a Continental Brigantine.
 
If I could be so bold I would suggest looking into Chuck's practicum on building the Sultana. They are very similar models and this kit could benifit from the same modifications.
 
Chuck Passaro's practicum
 
Looking forward to seeing how it goes. 

Forgot the pic . 

Great to be here my name is Rich and I live in Burbank IL . I have built a few models in the past mostly plastic kits , a friend gifted me this and hope to be able to build it , a pretty old model and I'm sure everything is not there . But maybe some of you folks could steer me in the right direction when I get stuck Rich .

Gidday Ab and a warm welcome from Downunder.
The photo on the cover of the Journal is simply outstanding. You will no doubt be a valuable asset to us all.
Best of luck with your research and builds.
Mark.

We are honored and fortunate to have access to someone with vast knowledge of and experience with 17th and 18th century Dutch shipbuilding. Your efforts to increase the exposure to this subject and make it much more accessible to ship modellers thru books and journal articles is greatly appreciated .  I hope your tenure here is rewarding.

Hi Ab. Welcome to MSW 

Welcome to MSW Ab.
Ab is very modest - one of his paper models was on the cover of the NRG's Nautical Research Journal - Fall 2016 (61.3) and featured inside
Kurt

Hello Ab, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'.
 
John

Welcome Mr. Hoving. I am interested in how scratch builders go about their art! By the way, have you ever been to the Vasa museum? Its a vesel I am interested in.

Hello, Ab! I belong to the Paper Modelers forum as well, and there are indeed some very fine modelers at that site, including a number of other MSW members. If I build a card ship, I prefer to show it here, because I like to see a diversity of media shown at MSW. 

Well, welcome aboard, Ab! Glad you could join us. It's great to be able to communicate with you: I wanted to say how impressed I was with the Rijkmuseum when I visited last year. The holographic animation of the half-hull model was superb! Hopefully it will inspire younger visitors to look more closely at the other models on display.

Hi,
My name is Ab Hoving and I live in  Holland. Model shipbuilding has been my hobby all of my life and in 1989 I left my job as an art teacher in Groningen, up north, behind to become head of the restoration department Navy models of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The museum holds a beautiful collection of ship models and parts, collected by the Navy and the Admiralties, dating back to 1640. I retired in 2012, much to my regret. It was a wonderful time, working on the most exquisite models man has made in the past.
If in many cases during my professional life I built ship models, my only aim was to investigate building methods, constructions or for instance the usefulness of 17th and 18th century building contracts. The model was never the end product, it was all about the knowledge. Modelbuilding was a method of research for me in those days.
Nowadays I build ship models purely for fun. I am not a very good model builder. I always am impressed to see what other people are capable of, with no other purpose than the fun of building. I am sloppy and sometimes too hasty, but I always aim for a realistic look nowadays. Later on I will show you what I mean. 
To make it easier for myself I use paper as the basic material now. Paper is wonderful versatile and easy to shape material and it takes very little tools to work with. Although I used to make many paper kits of planes and vehicles in my spare time, I never used paper for ship models. It was the papermodelers.com site where I was inspired to build paper ships. The papermodelerssite  is a wonderful medium for model builders, but not entirely dedicated to ship modeling. Planes, vehicles, space ships and figurines all show up there. I recommend it to you all to take a look. But probably this forum, specialized in ships and boats, is a better platform to show my efforts and to learn from you all.
In the nearby future I will try to post some recent work. Hope you will like it.
Best,
Ab

Welcome to MSW "Fishnrod". All the best, Geoff

Gidday and a warm welcome from Downunder Phil.
I'm sure you will find a lot of support here.
That hull at 6 feet is huge. I will open your links and hopefully have a great read.
Best of luck with your future research and builds.
Mark.
 

I have been building ship models since I was a kid (about 65 years). I started with plastic models and then began building scratch built models out of balsa. In my 20s (when I could afford it) I graduated to wooden ship model kits.
 
I was fascinated with ships and joined the US Navy, entering Officer Candidate School in 1968. I "retired" as  a Lieutenant in 1972. I served on three ships, two minesweepers (USS Cape MSI-2 and USS Ruff MSCO-54) and a cruiser (USS Oklahoma City CLG-5), all having wooden decks. I wanted to model two of these ships, but there are no kits made for them, so scratch building is the only resort.
 
I did nothing for years until Christmas of 2004 when my oldest son presented me with a 8" x 8" x 72" present. "They are giving me new skis?" I wondered. No, it was a 6 1/2 foot long fiberglass hull for a Cleveland class cruiser. The USS Oklahoma City CLG-5 was a converted Cleveland class ship. That started a 14 year odyssey (so far) to research, design and build a 1: 96 scale model. This evolved into a CAD model to create plans for the real model and an extensive web page for the ship, with the ship's history and a history of the modeling progress (https://www.okieboat.com/).
 
I have been posting on The Ship Modeling Forum (http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/index.php) in the Virtual Shop Modeling section (http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=70810) for years. I have just discovered this forum.
 
I am a former NRG member, and I am considering restarting my membership now that the Ships in Scale magazine has been acquired by NRG.
 
Phil Hays

Gidday and a warm welcome from Dowunder Castos.
I too have recently returned to the fold. Good luck on your build.
Mark.

WELCOME HOME. What are you planning to do?

Welcome home, Castos!
 
John

Good Day
 
Have been out of the loop for a long time and I am back to pick up where I have left off.

Welcome to MSW Glenn, all the best, Geoff

Thanks for the warm welcome and advice. I checked my library for the books Chris Coyl mentioned. They don’t have them. So I downloaded a sample of Mr. Mastii’s book from Amazon. 
 
I reviewed the Union build log. And looked for other solid hull build logs that are finished. I’m continuing my research for now.

Gidday from Downunder and a warm welcome Glenn,
I too bit off more than I could chew with my first build. I've learnt a great deal here. I'm positive you will find plenty of support. 
Good luck with your build,
Mark.